Large faux marble wood fireplace, late 18th century, from a castle. Width: 238 cm, Height: 126 cm, Depth: 41 cm. Note: one molding is missing from the lower right side.
Stylistic context and datingThis pair of candlesticks reflects the aesthetic vocabulary of the Louis XVI style, which experienced a strong revival in the 19th century. The straight architectural lines[...]
Large Louis XVI style chandelier, either a beaded bag or hot air balloon chandelier. It features 12 interior lights and a ring of 6 exterior lights connected by a garland of flowers. The beautiful gil[...]
A very fine early 19th-century carved and gilded wood mirror in the Louis XVI style. It features a pediment adorned with a laurel wreath symbolizing success, doves symbolizing peace, and a quiver fill[...]
Large portico clock circa 1800 in white marble, gilt bronze, and Wedgwood porcelain plaque. It is in good used condition, with no damage to the marble. The dial is also in very good condition. The mov[...]
Top of door or element of woodwork lacquered grey and gold, inside a terracotta patinated plaster panel with relief decoration of cherubs and vine tendrils, oak frame. Plaster only 61 x 81cm.
Circa 1780Oval, 3.5 cm (1 ³/₈ inches) highWatercolour on ivory (licence number: KK47XWDG)Engraved gilt-metal frameErcole III, the last Este Duke of Modena, was painted here around the time that he too[...]
Watercolour on ivory (licence number: YDXQBLEE)Inscribed; ‘a la maison d’arrêt du [Luxembourg 21(?) messidor] 2ne de la republique’Circular, 58mm (2 ¼ diam.)A note enclosed in the back of the miniatur[...]
Watercolour on ivory (license number: 6M9Z7BWV)Inscribed on the reverse ‘Hubert Drouais/ nach (?)/ Jean Marc Nattier/ d.J./ 17.3.1685 Paris … 1766/ Mme des Comminges’Oval, 45mm (1 ¾ in) highProvenance[...]
Portrait of a young girl, wearing a pink dress and gauze headdress Watercolour on ivory(licence PYAP6WHP)Circular, 54mm diam.Gilt-metal mountProvenance: Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1991, lot 130. The c[...]
Portrait miniature of a Lady in a Maroon dress, with lace sleeves and decorative bows, writing a love letter (which reads ‘mon cher couer/ton absence…’ )Watercolour on ivory (licence number 98TLNUXL)G[...]
Circa 1777Watercolour on ivory (license number: S5WHJHPL)Silver frame stamped with a coin patternCircular, 75 mm. (3in) diam.ProvenanceChristie’s, London, 24 May 2000, lot 100 (as ‘A fine miniature of[...]
1778Oval, 5.5 cm (2 ¹/₈ inches) highWatercolour on ivory (licence number M8H834VQ)Signed and dated ‘'Mosnier 1778'Set into a gold-mounted dark composition bonbonnière, the gold flange of the base stru[...]
Watercolour on ivory (licence number: F3UZK1YG)Gilded metal frame, labelled on reverse Princess de Vaudémont. Loraine/ née Montmornecy/ son salon fut célébre sous le 1e Empire/ et la Restauration et a[...]
Circa 1780sOval, 7.8 cm (3 ¹/₈ inches) highHairwork on ivory (licence number: WNGYYNRA)Gold plated frameProvenance: Private Collection, UK.Hairwork, more commonly seen in a plaited or carefully fanned[...]
Louis XVI style oval planter. Resting on four fluted legs joined by a shelf. The oval planter is carved with fluting on all sides. Height between the shelf and the base of the planter: 32 cm. Depth of[...]
A classic-style trumeau mirror with a painted wood frame in a patinated cream tone. The upper section is richly decorated with gilt ornaments, including an elegant carved garland, rosettes, and an int[...]
Louis XVI reversible candlesticks/cassolettes in Carrara white marble and gilt bronze. On Athenian-style feet with ram's heads and hooves, decorated with floral garlands, and with a seed finial. Fine [...]
A bronze clock decorated in the Louis XVI Rococo style, featuring foliage, caryatids, and a putto. The dial is marked with black enamel Roman numerals on a white background, with the inscription "Comp[...]
Wooden mirror frame covered with painted glass panels on the back. Also features visible gilding and painted decorations on the wood. Central European? 18th-19th century. Dimensions: 77 x 41 cm. Good [...]
Antique hand mirror, ideal for a handbag. Early 20th century, Louis XVI style. Gilt bronze handle and frame. The reverse is decorated with a pastoral scene in bronze, with a brown patina and slight re[...]
Large and unique bronze andiron, finely chased and mercury-gilded with matte and burnished gold. It features a rich Louis XVI decoration, including garlands, a trophy, a lion's head, foliage, trellisw[...]
Pair of Directoire style candlesticks, in gilt bronze, mercury gilding, in superb condition. These candlesticks are complete with their bobeches and are fitted with threaded stems at the ends; no rest[...]
A very fine Louis XVI period mirror in carved, gilded, and repainted wood, with a pediment adorned with birds, a quiver with arrows, and flowers. Gilded with gold leaf. The uprights are decorated with[...]
An important bowl with fruit and flowers, made of finely carved, gilded, and polychrome lacquered wood.
The base is supported by four dolphins.
Piedmont, late 18th century.
Rare double-sided wood bas-relief in the Louis XVI style, circa 1900. The painting depicts a vase of flowers suspended by a ribbon. Attractive pastel green frame. Needs cleaning. Dimensions: h158 x 11[...]
An imposing Egyptian red porphyry cup with moldings and gadroons, supported by three patinated bronze shell-gathering children. One of them sits on a dolphin and blows into a conch shell. The undulati[...]
A Louis XVI style mirror, in giltwood, decorated with foliage, made in the early 19th century. The glass is framed with a beaded border. Its horizontal format, a good size (68 cm long x 58 cm high), i[...]
A Louis XVI period Tavernier travel clock from Paris, with a day/week window, striking the hours and half-hours on the hour (with a stop function) and on demand, 8 days of operation, Tavernier fusee, [...]
A superb pair of candelabra in marble and gilt bronze. On a tripod base of gilt bronze with goat's feet entwined with acanthus leaves, three ram's heads and garlands of flowers support a covered bowl [...]
A very pretty little scene entitled "Conviction" on the back, painted in oil on copper from the early 19th century. In good condition, with a tiny, almost invisible, and stabilized chip in the decorat[...]
A very pretty little scene entitled "The Surprise" on the back, painted in oil on copper from the early 19th century. In good condition, with a tiny, almost invisible chip in the decoration. In its li[...]
SmallmirrorWood silvered Silver leaf Very good conditionthe top of the front mirror is missingEarly 19th century Mirror glass in very good state and antic Height: 55 cm Width: 38 cm Glass mirror alone[...]
Antique 19th-century Louis XVI style brass fireplace screen, fully polished and varnished. It is in good overall condition, with just a few small holes in the mesh, visible in the photos. Dimensions: [...]
A pair of silvered bronze candelabra, dating from the early Louis XVI period, circa 1780. A beautiful model with fluting, rows of pearls, and ribbon bows. Two candle arms are mounted on a candlestick [...]
A portico-shaped clock in white and black marble. The columns are surmounted by white marble urns adorned with gilt-bronze flowers and decorated with Wedgwood plaques. The movement, with a calendar, i[...]
A Signed Baccarat Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze and Cut-Crystal Chandelier, c. 1870–1880
An elegant and decorative Louis XVI-style stem chandelier in gilt bronze, featuring eighteen candle arms arran[...]
Here is a superb object, made of guaiac wood and silver, combining several epistolary functions: a tool holder with 5 goose quill sharpener blades, an awl, these 6 blades sliding in the shaped hardwoo[...]
Antique lamp that was originally a church lamp base in 19th-century Italy.The wood used is a softwood that has been turned and carved with acanthus leaves and gadroons.It is gilded wood and has been r[...]
Lacquered wooden altarpiece frame with pure gold trim and original prayer inside. Light lacquer loss. Italian origin, late 18th/early 19th century.Measures: height 24 cm, width 14.5 cm.
Miniature portrait of a young boy on fine material, oval shape, signed F SAPPÉE P 1793? and dated 1793. Dimensions (sight) 6.5 x 5.5 cm. Blackened wood frame 13.5 x 11.8 cm.Free delivery.
The Antique Mirror Workshop offers for sale: An exceptional piece!!! 19th century mirror inspired by Louis XVI style. Molding width 14cm with double cyma recta. A beaded border runs along the inner pa[...]
Here is a beautiful, long, oval, and domed snuffbox made from thick brass, with hinge and knob. Inside, there's a retaining ring to securely hold the small clay pipe that was smoked at the time. Each [...]
A pair of Louis XVI period white marble and gilt bronze cassolettes depicting Athenian women, each with three finely chased uprights featuring twisted motifs terminating in griffin heads and acanthus [...]
A rare pair of Carrara white marble tripod candlesticks forming amphorae from which emerge a bouquet of sunflowers in mercury-gilt bronze. The decoration and chasing cover all parts of the flowers. Th[...]
Louis XVI style chandelier in wood and gilt bronze with cut crystal decoration circa 1880
An elegant and beautiful chandelier in hand-carved wood in its period gilding and finely chiseled bronze in[...]
An important Louis XVI style gilt bronze cartel clock with a dial enhanced with midnight blue enamel and white numerals. Surmounted by a covered vase flanked by flaming urns, its gendarme's hat-shaped[...]
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